Globalisation, environment and environmental policy

Economic Annals-XXI: Volume 129, Issue 5-6(1), Pages: 11-13

Citation information:
Romančíková, E. (2013). Globalisation, environment and environmental policy. Economic Annals-XXI, 5-6(1), 11-13. https://ea21journal.world/index.php/ea-v129-03/

Eva Romančíková
Doc. Ing.,
CSc.,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economy and Finance,
School of Economics and Management in Public Administration in Bratislava, Slovakia
eva.romancikova@vsemvs.sk

Globalisation, environment and environmental policy

Abstract. The Author identifies economic and environmental aspects of the globalisation process, related to liberalisation of the international trade and inflow of foreign direct investments and capital. It causes positive and negative effects which extent can be influenced by effective state environmental policy. Drafting of an effective environmental policy presupposes an identification of relations between the economic system and the environmental system.

Keywords: Globalisation Process; Positive and Negative Effects of Globalisation Process; Environmental Policy; Environmental Policy Tools

JEL Classification: F63; F64; H23

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Received 27.04.2013